My brother is so cunning.

The Lingxiao Palace was full of immortals, and the Jade Emperor sat on the throne.

"Announce Wen Rui to the palace to see the emperor!" A fairy official who delivered the imperial decree said loudly.

Wen Rui wore a Taoist robe of the Jinling Immortal Sect, walked in the dragon-tiger square step, stepped on the Big Dipper, and walked into the palace with his head held high and his chest held high.

Wen Rui was not afraid of such occasions. Five hundred years ago, he was the second most powerful minister in the Shang Dynasty.

The new order of the Shang Dynasty was set by Wen Rui. Not to mention participating in the court meeting, even presiding over the court meeting, governing the country on behalf of the king, it was no problem.

When he came to the palace, Wen Rui smiled confidently and nodded to the immortals.

There were many familiar faces at a glance.

In the past, a total of 365 Qingfu Zhengshen were conferred on the Conferred God Platform, including nearly 200 disciples of Jiejiao. Now, five hundred years have passed, and the Heavenly Court has not conferred many new gods. The palace is full of old acquaintances.

Wen Rui ascended the Lingxiao Palace, just like going home, so familiar with the road, relaxed.

Arriving in the palace, Wen Rui followed the rules and etiquette, bowed to the Jade Emperor, and smiled and said: "I am Wen Rui, the humble man, and I pay my respects to His Majesty the Jade Emperor."

Wen Rui's cultivation realm has not yet broken through the Qi training stage, but he does not call himself "little immortal" like other immortals who ascended to heaven. The word "common man" is justified and proud.

Fortunately, there is a precedent in the heavenly court to confer immortal titles on mortals who have accumulated virtue, so it is not abrupt, but all the mortals who ascended to heaven and were conferred titles were trembling with fear, but not as cool as Wen Rui.

Seeing him so comfortable in the court, the Jade Emperor flashed a trace of undetectable disgust on his face, and said without sadness or joy: "You Wenrui once entered a famous mountain and practiced the Great Dao, but you have no chance of becoming an immortal. However, you assisted your father and served two dynasties with loyalty and filial piety. Your loyalty and filial piety are pitiful, and your merits and virtues are commendable."

"Thinking of your in-depth study of the way of creation, your talent and knowledge are profound, and you are worthy of cultivation. Now I order you to lead the Mysterious Palace of Creation and participate in the mysteries of creation. All things rely on it to change and evolve, and all living beings rely on it to make a living; I specially decree you to be the Great Emperor of Zhongtian Xuanji Jietian."

Wenrui stood quietly and listened to the enthronement. Just as the Jade Emperor read out the words of enthronement, a golden scroll was spread out, and golden light shone, covering Wenrui.

Under the golden light, Wenrui felt that all the cells in his body were rapidly mutating under the urging of the golden light. The power of merit and virtue, which he had no idea how to use before, suddenly transformed into another kind of energy.

This energy infused the whole body, it was like a rebirth, every atom that made up the body underwent a transformation that violated the laws of physics.

Wen Rui guessed that this was the achievement of the golden body of merit.

Once the golden body was completed, the hidden power of merit could be revealed. There was a hazy auspicious light around the body, purple mist swirling, mysterious changes, and hidden mysteries.

The List of Gods is a treasure of acquired merit. The greatest effect of this magic weapon is to transform the invisible and intangible power of merit, like dark energy, into a tangible and material magical power that can affect the real world.

After carefully understanding the changes in his body, Wen Rui couldn't help but feel happy. The gods of this era still have a certain deviation in their understanding of the development of science and technology. To put it bluntly, they don't value the importance of scientific and technological progress to the world.

Even the feudal dynasties that were entrusted by heaven thousands of years later still regarded science and technology as strange and obscene skills, discriminating and derogatory.

The gods pay more attention to morality, believing that morality is the quality that sentient beings need to improve most and is the cornerstone of maintaining world stability.

Later, the original intention of the Journey to the West to obtain scriptures was to help the people of the Tang Dynasty to be good and eliminate disasters.

Little did they know that the common development of spiritual civilization and material civilization is the real progress of civilization.

As a result, Wen Rui got a big leak and got the position of God of Creation so easily.

Wen Rui hurriedly sang a big promise and thanked the Jade Emperor respectfully.

The Jade Emperor was in a bad mood and said, "Wen Xianqing, I have heard that what you did in the mortal world was absurd. Now that you are the emperor, you must be careful in what you say and do. If you violate the rules of heaven, you will be severely punished!"

After that, he left the court leisurely.

The Jade Emperor returned to the palace after the court session, but the gods in the hall did not leave. Wen Rui looked around, looked up at the sky and laughed, "Brothers, although it's five hundred years late, I, Wen Rui, am here! Today I'm hosting, all my old friends, come to my Zhongtian Xuanji Hall to have a chat."

However, to Wen Rui's surprise, more than half of the immortal officials in the hall quietly slipped away as if avoiding the plague.

The other half were embarrassed and stepped forward to decline the invitation.

Taibai Jinxing came up and whispered, "Emperor Wen, you are new to the throne, I'm afraid you don't know. The Heavenly Rules have ordered that only the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother can convene the gods to hold a meeting."

"Tsk, that's it." Wen Rui frowned and said, "If I had known that the Heavenly Court had so many rules, it would really be similar to the royal court on earth. Are you afraid that the ministers would form cliques for personal gain and disrupt the government?"

Taibai Jinxing smiled but said nothing, neither admitting nor denying.

After attending the court meeting, Wen Rui clearly realized that the rules of the Heavenly Court were strict. All the old friends of Jiejiao were cautious in their words and deeds, and they didn't even dare to greet him in public.

After the court meeting, they lowered their heads and dispersed directly, riding clouds back to their palaces in the Heavenly Court.

Is this being an official or going to jail?

No wonder the twelve golden immortals of the Chan Sect would rather harm Jiejiao than be included in the list of gods, and the immortals of Jiejiao would rather destroy the sect and fight to the end.

Although Wen Rui knew that the rules of the Heavenly Court were strict, now he experienced it firsthand, and the rules were really strict.

The private interactions of the immortals were restricted and monitored, and they were warned by the Heavenly Rules at any time, and they were punished in various ways if they violated the Heavenly Rules.

The most terrifying thing is that such days will last forever and never change.

It seems that this god is really not a human being.

After leaving the Lingxiao Palace, Wen Rui adapted to the golden body of merit that he had just achieved. As soon as he moved his mind, a cloud of merit appeared under his feet.

Stepping on the cloud, Wen Rui soared into the sky. This was the first time he could fly without the Iron Man armor.

However, the flying posture was a bit monotonous, and he could only maintain a very aerodynamic standing posture of stepping on the cloud.

It is said that this posture is not stable at all under strong winds when flying fast, but the purple qi of merit protects the body, and the nine-day strong wind disappears when it touches it. It is not affected by the airflow at all, and the flying speed is not slow.

Wen Rui went straight to the Zhongtian Shenxiao Lei Mansion this time, intending to pay a visit to his cheap father first and hug the thickest and closest thigh.

The heavenly court does not allow gods to meet privately, but this heavenly rule does not prohibit relatives.

Nezha stayed in Li Jing's palace when he had nothing to do. Jinzha and Muzha from the Western religion also often went to visit their relatives. This was an act of filial piety and morality. If the heavenly rules forbid it, heaven would not tolerate it.

The auspicious cloud of merit was extremely fast, just like the authentic immortals' magical power of flying clouds and mist. Zhongtian Xuanxiao Leifu was not far from Yuque Jin Palace. Soon Wen Rui saw a rolling thundercloud on the horizon, and the buildings and halls in the thunderclouds were in order.